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Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry

35 reviews

emjbarnes's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Murder, Grief, Classism, Slavery, War, Rape, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Incest, Sexual violence, Child death, and Alcoholism

siobhangrace14's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, and Murder

davbat's review against another edition

adventurous informative inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Really good, but I think the subject matter was just too ambitious for one book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Cannibalism, Blood, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Ableism, Abandonment, Rape, Murder, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Infertility, Incest, Grief, Gore, Genocide, Colonisation, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Body horror, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death

Everything in the Greek Myths.

achay91's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Sexism, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Bullying

bookcheshirecat's review

informative medium-paced

4.25

“For the world seems never to offer anything worthwhile without also providing a dreadful opposite.”

➽ I have always liked the Greek myths, so Stephen Fry's retelling was great to experience! I highly recommend the audiobook, as he's such a great narrator and makes the different stories sound so interesting! I know a bit about Greek Mythology, so I liked how Stephen Fry retold the stories in an interesting way, adding his own comments and referencing research about the origin and deviations of the myths!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Death, Murder, Rape, and Sexism

team_mosaic's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

literally just a retelling of greek mythology, but the tone and language feel like you're infodumping with a close friend, which is qn utter delight

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Cannibalism, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Incest, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, and Murder

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This was such a fun way of reminding me of my favorite class in college.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexism, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Abandonment, Addiction, Classism, Drug use, Incest, Murder, Sexual assault, Death, Violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Blood, Toxic relationship, Gore, Infertility, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Death of parent, and Transphobia

philippmk's review

adventurous challenging funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Murder, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Animal death, Gore, Incest, and Sexual assault

kirame's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Murder, Rape, Infidelity, Death, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, War, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content, Violence, Torture, Alcohol, Body horror, and Gaslighting

maria_borges1507's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, War, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Torture, Rape, Incest, Grief, Child death, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Murder, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Blood